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LIVINGSTON COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MEETING

September 23, 2015

SEMCOG Region

Increasing Jobs and Prosperity

People (Talent) Community Assets Business Climate

Marketing the Region Retooling Our Workforce Educating Our Future Workforce Advancing Innovation & Technology Creating an Entrepreneurial Culture Strengthening Quality of Place Optimizing Infrastructure Investment Enhancing Transportation Connections Increasing Capital Funding Shaping Responsive Government Designing a Fair & Competitive Tax Structure

In Southeast Michigan

Community Assets

Marketing the Region Strengthening Quality of Place Optimizing Infrastructure Investment Enhancing Transportation Connections

Community Assets

transportation options corridor redevelopment freight & logistics quality of life

Talent and Innovation

Retooling Our Workforce Educating Our Future Workforce Advancing Innovation & Technology Creating an Entrepreneurial Culture

Talent and Innovation

high growth careers culture of innovation strengthening collaboration leveraging technology

Business Climate

Increasing Capital Funding Shaping Responsive Government Designing a Fair & Competitive Tax Structure

Business Climate

capital funding streamline regulatory process public-private partnerships tax climate

Public Input

Compared with 2010, do you feel that the economy is:

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% In great shape Better but needs improvement About the same A little worse Much worse Pulse of the Region Combined

On a scale from 1 to 5, how economically diverse is Southeast Michigan?

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50% 1 = little diversity 2 3 4 5 = very diverse Pulse of the Region Combined

What do you think is Southeast Michigan’s greatest asset to attract or grow business?

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50% Strategic domestic and international connections Skilled workforce Higher education Ease of conducting business Access to capital Pulse of the Region Combined

What do you think is the biggest challenge to creating more jobs in Southeast Michigan?

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50%

Condition of infrastructure Need for more skilled workers Challenges

• btaining

funding/capital Business taxes Other barriers

Pulse of the Region Combined

How do we support job growth at all income levels?

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40%

Entrepreneurship training & support Business & government partnerships Business & education partnerships Business cluster development Building on our region's core industries

Pulse of the Region Combined

Which of the following quality of life factors do you think is most important in attracting and retaining employees?

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25%

Quality of schools Desirable residential neighborhoods Cultural and recreational amenities Access to transportation

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Safety and security Vibrant central cities

Pulse of the Region Combined

Of the following, which is the most important to our region’s future?

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35%

Strengthen quality

• f place

Improve transportation and

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infrastructure Develop and grow small business Build an adaptable workforce Create economic

• pportunity

through innovation and technology

Pulse of the Region Combined

• Where are you focusing your economic

development efforts?

• How can we grow the economy by:

– Building on unique characteristics? – Building on strengths?

• What challenges need to be addressed?

Discussion

SEMCOG General Assembly Meeting Focused on the talent and workforce components of the economic development strategy Keynote speaker: Governor Snyder

When: October 22 at 4:30 pm Where: Schoolcraft College in Livonia